Puppy! Puppy... Puppy, why are your eyes so sad?
Puppy, Silly dog, cheer up! You're home now. You will be warm and safe and we love you so.
Stop looking so sad. Quit playing dead! Roll over. Wag your tail! Let's play fetch?
Don't mind the collar and the leash. That's just because we want your best. You ran away, Puppy. But now you are home. We care about you and will keep you safe and warm and fed.
We don't know what happened when you were gone, trespassing through dangerous, wild land, but it was very bad. It changed you, Puppy. Made you sad. But you are home now.
Puppy! Puppy! WHY are your eyes so sad!?
False analogy. Rescue dogs are not bred to remain at home.
ReplyDeleteI don't get it.
ReplyDeleteA rescue dog goes through dangerous, wild lands, is sometimes sad, but often exhilarated, victorious, brings another out, and another, and another, is changed in deep ways, visits home, goes out in search again.
ReplyDeleteNot every Saint Bernard is a rescue dog.
ReplyDelete